CODIST-Geo Report: August 2012 REPORT ON GGIM ACTIVITIES IN AFRICA submitted to the Second Session of the UN Committee of Experts on GGIM by CODIST-Geo.

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CODIST-Geo Report: August 2012 REPORT ON GGIM ACTIVITIES IN AFRICA submitted to the Second Session of the UN Committee of Experts on GGIM by CODIST-Geo (UN-ECA)

CODIST-Geo Report: August 2012 Policy Issues: Fostering National Policies and e-Strategies Development GGIM in Africa African Action Plan on Geospatial Information Management (draft) Developing NSDIs on the continent African Regional SDI (ARSDI)

CODIST-Geo Report: August 2012 Technical Issues: Geoinformation Resources for Development Implementation of Programmes and Projects - SALB database - Transport Infrastructure Database - Programme of Infrastructure Development in Africa - Mapping Africa for Africa initiative: Guidelines of Best Practice for the Acquisition, Storage, Maintenance and Dissemination of Fundamental Geospatial Information Online Applications and Services - Metadata Clearinghouse Node - Africa Gazetteer (GeoNyms Application) Field Projects - African Geodetic Reference Frame (AFREF)

CODIST-Geo Report: August 2012 Capacity Building and Outreach Activities Internships and fellowships Training programmes Partnership and International Collaboration Ongoing efforts to build partnerships - GMES Programme - Africa.GEO.Sat.1 Initiative - SKA - Collaboration with Google

CODIST-Geo Report: August 2012 Lessons Learnt Policy Slow progress with development of SDIs Technical Lack of available data – need to include in plans Need for interoperable, standardised data Capacity building and Outreach Need to recognise and retain professionals More needed in R&D and the need for scientists in this field

CODIST-Geo Report: August 2012 Future Activities Inventory of geospatial data in Africa Crowd sourcing as a means to collect geospatial information Taking advantage of resources provided by cloud computing Guidelines for future development and use of open source geospatial software Thank You